The most popular songs in April:
1. Wave Machines – “Keep The Lights On”
2. Datarock – “Give It Up” (Weird Tapes version)
3. Little Boots – “Every Little Earthquake” (Gold Panda remix)
4. Alec Empire – “Control Drug”
5. 80kidz – “Frankie”
6. Neon Indian – “Deadbeat Summer”
7. The Aston Shuffle – “Stomp Yo Shoe’s” (Bloody Beetroot’s remix)
8. Fischerspooner – [...]

Woah, this is so good — The Golden Filter take on Empire of the Sun. Refreshing, even. The bad news is The Golden Filter just tweeted that this will be their last remix for a while. The good news? They’ll be working on their own stuff.
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Empire of the [...]

The xx – “Crystalised”
The xx have certainly reached critical mass. All I have for “Crystalised” is hyperboles so I’ll save you the rhetoric. But I will say the boy/girl minimalist touch is very welcoming.
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The xx – “Crystalised” (mp3 via Fader — check their interview)
7-inch out now — backed [...]

Peaches – “More”
Omg, Peaches forever please.

If the early-2000’s were about electroclash and the mid-2000’s were about blog house then maybe 2009 is the swan song when the two genre’s collide? I don’t know if I buy that argument, but electroclash pioneer (egad) Spencer Product has a new single out on Coco Machette backed with remixes by bloghouse champions (egad) Designer [...]

Doesn’t matter how many people touch it… truth is “Hearts on Fire” will never grow old. Team Canada’s Grandtheft is the latest to add his touch. Think of this as banger-lite — what could’ve of been an extreme eighteen months ago is instead tamed and controlled into a polished edit. Perhaps GT’s “Heart on Fire” [...]

I don’t know what disco has to do with toast but anyway Jorn Hollman from Germany tells me Dizko Toaster is his filter house project. He has done a couple of releases and the most successful one was Toast hawaii on Oliver Koletzki’s Stil Vor Talent label. Here’s one of his latest tracks “The Greatest [...]

Nite Jewel – “Lover”
Do yourself a favor and click to YouTube and watch this one in high quality — Nite Jewel’s video for “Lover” makes me think of Roxy Music. Maybe “More Than This” but with more lounge.
Proof

The Gossip – “Heavy Cross” (live @ MTV Prom)
Well, 2009 is shaping up as the year that all our old favorite bands are making their return to the spotlight: including The Gossip with their post-success, Rick Rubin produced album — Music for Men. The lead single “Heavy Cross” follows the same garage rock-disco-blues path as [...]

Seriously best LP so far this year. I’m in lust.

Tim Sullivan from Damn Arms has a new project titled Das Moth. Why the moth? According to Tim his older sister has called him moth ever since he was little. The older sister will be making an appearance on vocals in some of the songs, and Tim says Das Moth will be a project for [...]

It’s official. I have re-fallen in love with Fan Death. They just sent over this cover of “Goodbye Horses” to promote their upcoming European tour — and it’s incredible. A bit less disco and a bit more rock attitude that some of the previous stuff we’ve heard from Fan Death… and they manage to catch [...]

Omg! It’s Matt & Kim… naked! Make sure you watch until the very end:

Hot off Terry Lynn, Wildlife! is back with a remix of The Dø. This sounds a bit like a pixie smacked between a bassline and synth. Dance floor pop to bounce you into Summer:
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The Dø – “On My Shoulders” (WILDLIFE! Remix)

Sacramento we will be inside of you tomorrow night.

The Aliens are back with a new EP due May 18th, The Sunlamp Show EP. The track will be backed by two remixes from Disco Bloodbath and Manmouse (aka John Maclean). Disco Bloodbath delivers a spaced out remix that there’ll be lots of love for: love the piano, love the time travel, love the near [...]

Parisan label I’m a Cliche are releasing it’s first ever compilation album titled Moments of Crisis. It’s made up of 2 parts. The first ‘Overtime’ features the labels previously released tracks from artists such as Yuksek, Simian Mobile Disco, Runaway, Cosmo Vitelli, and Bot,Ox. The second part titled ‘Holiday’ is made up new exclusive tracks [...]

Oh the sounds of spring… birds chirping, kids playing and pop on the radio. Just in time is Cof Cof’s mini-album Safari. Cof Cof probably don’t need much of an introduction — and they continue much of the same path with Safari: colorful, diy pop that’ll have you wrapped up in it after one listen.
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I spent the vast majority of my SXSW looking forward to catching Major Lazer (a.k.a. Diplo + Switch + a million other cats) at the Fader Fort. Granted I was in it more for the swag than the tunes, but still – point is that I was more than ready when the lads finally took [...]

Neon Indian’s “Deadbeat Summer” sounds like a MGMT record warped in the sun and played at the wrong rpm. Perfect for these warmer evenings and lazy days ahead.
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Neon Indian – “Deadbeat Summer”
They’re playing that “mystery band” marketing angle thing that’s been trendy the past couple years. You can [...]